Top 4 Settings to Secure your Facebook account from Hackers

Did you know you can make your Facebook account more secure and resistant to hacking by using nothing but already existing security settings made available by Facebook?

Facebook is the largest and most popular social media website out there. That is the more reason why they should have solid measures put in place for users to secure their accounts from hackers and spammers targeting the platform.

Your Facebook security settings should look like this after you read this post

There may be a few more security settings here and there, users could flip to make their Facebook accounts more secure though.

But these are the top 4 settings all Facebook users should enable now to protect their Facebook accounts from getting hacked:

1. Enable Two-factor Authentication

A lot of people are not aware of what two-factor authentication is and how powerful it is to protect their online accounts from getting hacked, hence they do not take advantage of it.

Popularly known as 2FA, the two-factor authentication is a security mechanism that adds an extra layer of security by verifying your account ownership twice with a code sent to you.

After you enable 2FA on your Facebook account, whenever your password is used to attempt to log in, you’ll get a code sent to your phone as a second factor of authentication. And unless you have that code the login would fail even if you used the correct password.

This goes to great lengths in thwarting the efforts of an attacker who somehow manages to get your Facebook password, and tries to gain unauthorized access into your account.

Note: This is the single most important security feature you can enable on any of your accounts, and I strongly recommend you enable it on all of your online accounts that offer this feature.

2. Enable unrecognized login notifications

Facebook’s unrecognized login notifications is a security system whereby you get an alert whenever someone tries to log into your Facebook account.

This alert is triggered on either or both of these occasions: login from a new device (or web browser) you have never used or don’t normally use. Or login from an IP address or location you have never been before.

The major benefit of this neat security feature is that you’d have already been notified of a possible break-in to your Facebook account before the attacker begins the takeover.

5. Tap on each option – Notifications, Messenger and Email and select the checkboxes next to Get notifications to activate where you want to receive your alerts.

6. Tap Save to finish up.

3. Use the trusted friends or contacts feature

Another way to secure your Facebook account from hackers is to nominate 3 to 5 trusted friends beforehand that can help you get back into your account if you’re ever locked out.

How this works is that whenever Facebook detects a hacking attempt or an unauthorized login on your Facebook account, it automatically locks down your account.

And in order to regain access back into your account, each of those trusted friends would have to send you a code. Once again a hacker who has your password and trying to take over your account is brutally stopped.

About The Author

My name is Ojo Iszy, I am an ethical hacker and cybersecurity expert. I started to learn hacking way back in 2014 completely through self-education. This gave me the opportunity to gain very sound & practical experience in cybersecurity and ethical hacking. Now I focus all of my time and energy teaching the best of what I have learned through the years on this blog, my YouTube channel, and in my online courses (launching soon).